Irina Bagauri

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His working room is in perfect order. No extra items anywhere or things scattered around haphazardly. Brushes are gathered in one place, books lined up on shelves and tins of paint arranged neatly one after another. Mamia Malazonia is a measured and not very talkative person. At first glance, he could be mistaken for an army general. “To tell the truth, I think I...

“The authenticity of the Cathedral has been irreversibly destroyed. Bagrati Cathedral can no longer be said to contribute to the criterion for which the property was inscribed on the World Heritage List,” reads a preliminary “state of conservation” report prepared for the Thirty-Sixth Session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee. The ancient Georgian monument is...